Jacquard-machine.



A. E; KELMEL.

JACQUARD MACHINE.

(Application fi1ed Dec. 26, 1699.) (No Model.)

Patented June-'12, 1900.

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ALBERT E. KELMEL, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE CROMPTON & KNOWLES LOOM WVORKS, OF SAME PLACE.

JACQUARD-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,572, dated June 12, 1900.

Application filed December 26, 1899. Serial No. 741,516. (No model.) a

right, and the machine has two movinggrifis working alternately and both intended to engage with the said double hook or hooked upright, but not both at the same time, the one griff ascending while the other is descending for one pick, and vice versa for the next pick, and so on.

The invention has reference to doublehooks or hooked uprights such as have just been referred to; and it consists in an improved construction thereof, which I will now proceed to describe with the aid of the accompanying drawings, in which latter is illustrated an embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a double hook or hooked upright embodying the invention and in connection therewith certain of the parts which cooperate therewith in a double-action or double-actin g j acquard-machine.

Fig. 2 shows from a different point of view one of the members of the double hook or hooked upright of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows views of the lower ends of the limbs of the double hook or hooked upright separated from each other. Fig. 4 is a detailed view of the said ends fitted together and united by the neckcord looking at the same in a different direction from that in Fig. 3.

Having reference to the drawings, 1 and 2 respectivelydesignate the limbs of a double hook or hooked upright embodying the invention. 3 3 are the needles which respectively cooperate with the said limbs. 4 4 are the hooks which are formed on the said limbs forengagement with the griif-blades 5 6, pertaining to the two moving griffs of a doubleaction or double-acting jacquard-machine. In practice the griff-blade 5 is connected with one moving griff, a portion of which is shown at 51, and the other grit'f-blade 6 is connected with the other moving griff, a portion of which is shown at 6 1.

7 designates a griif-blade belonging to a stationary griff, and 8 is a hook with which the member 2 of the double hook or hooked upright is provided for engagement with the fixed gritf-blade 7 when it is desired to maintain the double hook or hooked upright, the neck-cord, &c., supported thereby in an upraised position for several picks.

9 is the bottom board, it having holes therethrough, as at 10, and a groove, as at 11, in the upper side of the same intersecting each line of holes 10, wires 12 12 being shown applied to the opposite sides of the groove 11 at the upper edges of such sides for the purpose of supporting the lower ends of the limbs of the double hooks or hooked uprights and receiving the wear resulting from the dropping of the said hooks or hooked uprights.

13 13 are press-back wires or needles engaging with the upper ends of the respective limbs of the double hooks or hooked uprights and operating as in United States Letters Patent, issued jointly to George l/V. Stafford and myself, No. 621,544, dated March 21, 1899.

The limbs of the uprights are flattened, as at 14 14, above the hooks 4 4, in order to give increased flexibility for the purpose which is set forth in United States Letters Patent, granted to George W. Stafford and myself jointly, No. 625,476, dated May 23, 1899.

The foregoing parts and their arrangepent, operation, 850., are'or may be as here tofore or as desired. They do not form any part of my invention. The invention is not necessarily restricted to use in the precise connection which has thus far been described, and I contemplate also using the same in machines belonging 'to difierent classes from that'which has been mentioned.

In accordance with my invention I form each limb of the double hook or hooked upright of a separate piece of wire, as shown. At the lower end of each such piece I bend .thewire into the form of an eye 15, to receive the neck-cord 16. One or both of the limbs are bent, as at 17, in case of the limb 1, Fig. 1, in order that when in position for use in a jacquard-machine the eyes 15 15 of the two -1imbs pertaining to a double hook or hooked upright may be brought into apposition 0r juxtaposition with each other, and so that the corresponding neck-cord may be passed through both of the said eyes. Preferably one of the limbs is made straight in its lower portion, as in the case of the limb 2, while the limb 1 is bent at 17 for the purpose just noted.

In order that the juxtaposed eyes may fit closely and snugly together without taking up an excess of space in the direction of their thickness, they are flattened transversely, as shown in Fig. 4.

It will be perceived that the neck-cord l6 unites the two limbs so thatthey move in unison, substantially as if they were integral portions of a one-piece double hook or hooked upright.

The improved construct-ion facilitates the manufacture of the upright and also renders it easy to apply the uprights to jacquard-machines of the class in which the same are more especially designed to be employed, as well as to effect changes or repairs.

What I claim is-- l. The double hook or hooked upright having the limbs thereof formed of separate pieces of wire, each with the eye at the lower upright for jacquard-machines, having each limb thereof formed of a separate piece of wire with an eye at the lower end thereof, and having the said eyes flattened transversely and juxtaposed in use, substantially as described.

4:. In combination, the double hook or hooked upright having each limb thereof formed of a separate piece of wire with an eye at the lower end thereof, and having the said eyes flattened transversely and juxtaposed, and the neck-cord passing through the said eyes and uniting the said limbs, sub stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT E. KELMEL.

XVitnesses:

E. F. GREENE, H. E. STAFFORD. 

